Adam Kirby, who graduated with a PhD in Technology in May, was honored for his research at the recent IEEE Symposium on Technologies for Homeland Security.

Kirby’s paper titled “Active Shooter Mitigation for Gun-Free Zones” placed second among all papers in the Attack and Disaster Preparation, Recovery, and Response category. The category had more than 30 entrants from around the world.

Purdue University received three awards in the recent University Design Competition for Addressing Airport Needs.

Purdue Polytechnic Institute faculty and staff were recognized at end-of-the-year awards ceremonies.

Two Purdue Polytechnic staff members were honored at the 2016 Black Caucus of Faculty and Staff Academic and Service Awards at Purdue University.

Jessica Cabral, assistant clinical professor of construction management, has received the 2016 Exceptional Early Career Award.

Two construction management professors have won top teaching awards from Purdue University.

The instructors of the Aviation Learning Community at Purdue University were honored recently with the Real-World Experience Award for the aviation-related activities they completed with their students.

Two Purdue research projects won awards at the 2015 University Aviation Association (UAA) Fall Education Conference in Snowbird, Utah.

Doctoral student Rachel Sitarz was named one of two winners in the inaugural Women in Security Awards, sponsored by Duo Security.

Sitarz is working toward her PhD in cyber forensics at Purdue University in the Department of Computer and Information Technology. She also works full-time for Purdue, analyzing the threats that are coming into their networks.

She was honored, in part, for her ability as a researcher to “produce results that have real-world implications.”

A team of industry professionals and Purdue graduate students won the Big Data for Social Good Challenge, a national competition sponsored by IBM.